PrepTest 91+, Section 2, Question 7
Ethicist: This hospital's ethics code states that hospital staff must not deceive patients about their medical treatment. But we know that Dr. Faris administered medication A to a patient and informed him that it would help him sleep. Medication A has no known sleep-inducing properties. So, Dr. Faris is clearly in violation of the ethics code, despite the fact that the patient's sleep did improve after taking medication A.
Ethicist: This hospital's ethics code states that hospital staff must not deceive patients about their medical treatment. But we know that Dr. Faris administered medication A to a patient and informed him that it would help him sleep. Medication A has no known sleep-inducing properties. So, Dr. Faris is clearly in violation of the ethics code, despite the fact that the patient's sleep did improve after taking medication A.
Ethicist: This hospital's ethics code states that hospital staff must not deceive patients about their medical treatment. But we know that Dr. Faris administered medication A to a patient and informed him that it would help him sleep. Medication A has no known sleep-inducing properties. So, Dr. Faris is clearly in violation of the ethics code, despite the fact that the patient's sleep did improve after taking medication A.
Ethicist: This hospital's ethics code states that hospital staff must not deceive patients about their medical treatment. But we know that Dr. Faris administered medication A to a patient and informed him that it would help him sleep. Medication A has no known sleep-inducing properties. So, Dr. Faris is clearly in violation of the ethics code, despite the fact that the patient's sleep did improve after taking medication A.
Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the ethicist's argument?
Dr. Faris was aware that medication A had no known sleep-inducing properties.
A committee at the hospital is currently considering revisions to the hospital's ethics code.
Medication A is a pain reliever that can indirectly lead to sleep due to a reduction in the patient's discomfort.
Several other members of the hospital staff prescribed medication A to patients who had trouble sleeping.
Dr. Faris knew that the patient was not taking any other medications that have sleep-inducing properties.
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